Darren Waller

Last week, Darren Waller saw his route share dip to 51.6% with a 16.7% target share, 40 receiving yards, 2.50 yards per route run, and a 17.4% first-read share. Waller is essentially the Dalton Kincaid of South Beach now. He's locked in a run-first offense with a part-time role in the offense. In his last four games, Waller has had three red zone targets and four deep targets. That's enough high cholesterol usage and efficiency to propel Waller to a TE1 finish this week, but there's risk here. There's no doubt about that. Since Week 10, Tampa Bay has allowed the sixth-most yards per target and the fifth-most fantasy points per game to tight ends.

Darren Waller caught 3-of-5 targets for 40 yards in Sunday's 45-21 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.

Fantasy Impact

Waller came into the week coming off of a two-touchdown performance in Week 15, but he wasn't able to have a worthy encore performance against the Bengals, finishing with just 40 scoreless yards in a loss. He should not be trusted to start in the championship game next week in most leagues.